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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4750, 21 July 1883, Page 3

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Agricultural prospects are. bright. The crops are making rapid progreia, and everything looks very enoouraging. A continuance of the favourable conditions must materially augment the agricultural woalth of the country. The Irishmen in the House of Commons had a little soene among themselvos, resulting in M'Ooan seceding from the Parnellite party. Suiieman Pasha, the same who was proved responsible for the burning of Alexandria, was hanged on June 10. He died a thorough coward, though it came out in evidenoe that he looked on, smoking a pips, while the, oity was in flames. The interest taken in tho passing of the Deceased Wife's Bister Bill has led to a general expeotation that its final passage would be follo-fIW by an announcement of the betrothal of the Princess Beatrice to her brother-in-law, the Prince of Hesse. At the last meeting of the Oolonial Institute the following New Zealand Fellows were elected .-—James Allan George M'Lean and John Beid. Tbe marriage of Marie Theresa, daughter of Bey — Finse, Principal of Oudbetbson College, to the Bey Abraham, only son of Bishop Abraham, of Wellington, was a very brilliant affair. An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in the bhaw, Bavilie, and Albion Oompany, was held on Thursday, June 21, to consider a proposal to authorise a second issue of shares to the extent of £200,000, increasing the capital to enable the Oompany to acquire steamers for the New Zealand trade. The Company will probably in the first instance only build two steamers.